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01  Journalist · birminghammail.co.uk · Maternity & neonatal

Journalist

Gurdip Thandi

birminghammail.co.uk and 4 other titles

Articles read per month · health & social care
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Regularly cited

Bylines read on 9 topics since 30 Nov 2025 · latest 10 Nov 2026

Files to · bar length shows relative volume
  • birminghammail.co.uk
  • expressandstar.com
  • bbc.com
  • Birmingham Mail

This counts only pieces our coverage scan read on the topics Vital Signs tracks, not their full output.

Gurdip Thandi: key facts

Main title
birminghammail.co.uk
Press coverage
Regularly citedby our coverage scan, not their full output
Most recently read
10 Nov 2026
First read
30 Nov 2025

03  Beat

What Gurdip Thandi covers

How we found the articles by Gurdip Thandi we read: we searched news for these terms, by topic. Terms for 9 topics

Maternity & neonatal

  • maternity
  • maternity services
  • maternity care
  • neonatal
  • stillbirth
  • maternal mortality
  • midwifery
  • midwife

Also searched with “maternity” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Maternity & neonatal

NHS & care workforce/staffing

  • NHS workforce
  • staff shortages
  • nursing shortage
  • nurse recruitment
  • care workforce
  • care worker pay
  • social care workforce
  • NHS long term workforce plan

Also searched with “NHS workforce” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for NHS & care workforce/staffing

A&E & ambulance response

  • A&E waiting times
  • A&E department
  • accident and emergency
  • ambulance response times
  • ambulance handover
  • ambulance waiting
  • ambulance service
  • emergency department

Also searched with “A&E waiting times” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for A&E & ambulance response

Dementia

  • dementia
  • dementia care
  • Alzheimer's
  • memory clinic
  • dementia diagnosis
  • dementia strategy

Also searched with “dementia” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Dementia

Diabetes

  • diabetes
  • type 1 diabetes
  • type 2 diabetes
  • insulin
  • diabetic
  • diabetes prevention

Also searched with “diabetes” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Diabetes

NHS waiting lists

  • NHS waiting list
  • waiting list
  • elective waiting times
  • elective recovery
  • elective backlog
  • waiting list backlog
  • referral to treatment
  • RTT

Also searched with “NHS waiting list” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag. Every term for NHS waiting lists

Mental health

  • mental health
  • mental health services
  • CAMHS
  • psychiatric
  • suicide prevention
  • mental health crisis
  • talking therapies
  • IAPT

Also searched with “mental health” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag. Every term for Mental health

Respiratory (asthma/COPD)

  • asthma
  • COPD
  • respiratory disease
  • lung cancer screening
  • pulmonary

Also searched with “asthma” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Respiratory (asthma/COPD)

Care home closures & provider failure

  • care home closure
  • provider failure
  • residential care closure
  • care home insolvency
  • care home fees
  • care home places
  • care market
  • market sustainability

Also searched with “care home closure” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Care home closures & provider failure

04  Who they quote

Who Gurdip Thandi calls

Voices credited in their pieces. A reporter who has called someone before is likely to call them again.

  1. Farooq KhanClinician
  2. Lou PickeringSector leader
  3. Claire McDermottClinician
  4. Neil HanleyAcademic
  5. Paul AtheySector leader
  6. Emma WilsonClinician
  7. Sam CaddickClinician

05  The record

Recent articles

  1. 10 Nov 2026
  2. 24 Oct 2026
  3. 23 Oct 2026
  4. 18 Oct 2026
  5. 16 Oct 2026
  6. 16 Oct 2026
  7. 20 Sept 2026
  8. 17 Sept 2026
  9. 17 Sept 2026
  10. 17 Sept 2026
  11. 17 Sept 2026
  12. 17 Sept 2026
  13. 17 Sept 2026
  14. 14 Jul 2026
  15. 2 Jul 2026
  16. 1 Jul 2026
  17. 30 Jun 2026
  18. 11 Jun 2026
  19. 9 Jun 2026
  20. 9 Jun 2026

Showing the 20 most recent of 33 pieces read.

Bylines and quoted sources are read automatically from UK coverage of the topics Vital Signs tracks, so this page reflects what our scan has read rather than a complete record. Where a biography appears, it is published by the outlet itself about its own correspondent, and linked above. Photographs come from the outlet’s own byline or author page, or from the journalist’s LinkedIn profile, and each is credited under the picture. Social accounts are not held: asserting an unverified one would attach a real person to an account that might not be theirs. See the methodology, or email contact@bridgeheadcommunications.com to correct anything on it.